A Quote by Marjane Satrapi

War always takes you by surprise.

Marjane Satrapi

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Always Surprise Takes War

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Marjane Satrapi
Iranian - Novelist
Born: November 22, 1969

Why does corruption in government always surprise us? Why do we expect anything else from it? Government is organized force. It takes our wealth and makes war. And we think honest men would do that work?

Joseph Sobran

We don't have a war on terror - that's a technique. We didn't have a war on blitzkriegs, and we didn't have a war on surprise attacks.

Foster Friess

Just like the breakthroughs, the bad stuff always takes you by surprise. (121)

Gail Giles

Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go.

Jean de La Fontaine

I always get recognised and that always takes me by surprise. Its not something I ever expect or get used to.

Hugh Dennis

You’re never ready for the truth. No matter how much you think you know, it always takes you by surprise.

Kirsten Miller

Saturday afternoon, although occurring at regular and well-foreseen intervals, always takes this railway by surprise.

W. S. Gilbert

I've never had a surprise birthday party. I've had every other type of surprise. I've had surprise beatings, surprise drug tests, surprise daughter I think.

Dave Attell

I make music and hope people enjoy it - but when they do it's always a surprise. A nice surprise, but not one that I expect to always be there.

Samuel Ervin Beam

The odd thing about recurring dreams is that, no matter how many times you dream the same thing, it always takes you by surprise.

David Small

I love the Coen brothers. They're so brilliant, and they always surprise you in one way or another. 'A Serious Man' was awesome. I like stuff like that, that kind of throws you for a loop. It takes you on a journey that is unexpected.

Malin Akerman

Youth is the first victim of war; the first fruit of peace.It takes 20 years or more of peace to make a man; it takes only 20 seconds of war to destroy him.

Baudouin of Belgium

Humor is based on surprise, and surprise is a milder way of saying shock. It's surprise that makes the joke.

George Carlin

I'm always looking for a way to surprise audiences. That's, I feel, my job as a director. I felt that Amy Adams playing a tough woman in 'The Fighter' was a surprise. People saw her as a princess.

David O. Russell

Humor's always been the problem of my work, hasn't it? When working, I feel satisfied when I surprise myself. And when I surprise myself, I wind up laughing.

Kara Walker

It takes a few to make war, but it takes a village and a nation to build peace.

Abiy Ahmed

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